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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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Legislator Questions:

  1. How can I obtain a list of all legislators' e-mail addresses?
  2. How can I determine my district and legislator?
  3. How can I find out what committee a member has been assigned to?
  4. Where can I obtain a voting record of my member? Is it online?

Bill Questions:

  1. How do I find the status of a bill?
  2. Who do I contact if I need assistance interpreting the status of a bill?
  3. How can I view the text of a bill?
  4. Where can I perform text searches to locate a bill?
  5. How can I find bills from previous sessions? For example, the forty-fifth legislature?
  6. How can I be notified when a bill will take action on the floor?
  7. What do the committee action abbreviations mean when viewing the status overview of a bill?
  8. What does "strike everything" mean and where can I find a list of all the strike everything amendments to bills?
  9. Where can I find the bills that have been transmitted to the Governor, transmitted to the Secretary of State, bills the Governor has has vetoed and signed, as well as bills that have been chaptered?
  10. How do I get a list of the general effective dates for current and past legislation?
  11. What are the bill summaries?
  12. What became of the Gas Tax Rebate bill (HB 2781)?

Standing Committee and Interim Committee Questions:

Standing Committees:
  1. Where do I find the House and Senate Live Proceedings?
  2. How can I find out who the members are of a particular committee?
  3. How do I find out what day the committees are scheduled to meet?
  4. Where do I find the committee agendas?

  5. Where do I find the minutes of a committee meeting?
  6. How do I sign up to speak on a bill in committee?
  7. Is there a way to check and see if a bill I am interested has been posted to a committee agenda?

Interim Committees:

  1. Is there a complete listing of all interim committees?
  2. Where do I find the interim committee agendas?
  3. Where do I find the interim committee minutes?
  4. How can I check to see which members have been assigned to an interim committee?
  5. How can I view interim committee agendas, listings and minutes from previous sessions?

Floor Calendar Questions:

  1. Is there a way to find out what action took place on a floor calendar?

Arizona Revised Statutes Questions:

  1. When are Arizona Revised Statutes updated?
  2. How can I purchase an ARS cd?
  3. How can I find out if a bill is amending a particular statute?
  4. I don't have a statute number. How do I find a particular law on the website?

Constitution Questions:

  1. How can I perform a search within the constitution?

Session Laws (Chaptered Bills) Questions:

  1. How can I search within session laws?
  2. How can I tell when a session law (Chaptered Bill) becomes effective?

Alis Tracking Questions:

  1. I forgot my password. Who do I contact?
  2. How do I set up the program to alert me when a bill has been posted to a floor calendar or committee agenda?
  3. How do I update my personal information?

Request to Speak Questions:

  1. Why can't I create an account from home?
  2. I forgot my password. Who do I contact?
  3. How do I update my personal information?
  4. How do I remove a comment for a bill online?

Other questions:

  1. When does session begin?
  2. I'm not familiar with the legislative process. Are there any resources on your website?
  3. Where do I find budget information on the website?
  4. When I print from the website, part of the document is cut off on the right side.
  5. When I click on a link, it tells me that I am leaving the ALIS Online Website but then I end up returning to the homepage.

How can I obtain a list of all legislators' e-mail addresses?

Click the Members link located on the blue naviation bar of the homepage.

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How can I determine my district and legislator?

  1. If you know your legislators, click here.


  2. If you do not know your legislators:

      • Click here to find the legislative district you live in by entering your address and digit zip code located at the top right corner:


      • Return to the ALIS Homepage and click the MEMBERS link.
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How can I find out what committee a member has been assigned to?

  1. Click the Members link located on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.
  2. Click the member name from the list.
  3. Scroll past the personal biography to view the committee assignments.
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Where can I obtain a voting record of my member? Is it online?

The information is not available online. You can receive that information through the House Chief Clerk's office (602)926-3032 or Senate Secretary's office (602)926-4231.

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How do I find the status of a bill?

  1. Make sure the correct session is selected.
  2. If you know the bill number, type the bill number in the Bill # Search box (ex: SB1001) and click Search.
  3. Click either the Bill Status HTML or Bill Status TEXT link for a bill's status.

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Who can I contact if I need assistance interpreting the status of a bill?

If you need need assistance interpreting the status of a bill, you may call the Senate information desk at (602)926-3559 or the House information desk at (602)926-4221.

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How can I view the text of a bill?

  1. Make sure the correct session is selected. Click the Change Session button and select a session.
  2. If you know the bill number, type the bill number in the Bill # Search box (ex: SB1001) and click Search.
  3. Click the bill version link (i.e. Introduced version, Senate Engrossed version, etc.) either HTML or PDF format.

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Where can I perform text searches to locate a bill?

  1. Click the Bills link located on the blue naviation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.
  2. Type in a keyword in the Search Phrase box and click Search.

    3. OR
  3. Click the Full Text Searching link located at the top right hand corner of the ALIS Online homepage.
  4. Select the database "Bill Related Documents For Currently Selected Session" or "Bill Related Documents For Currently Selected Legislature".
  5. Type a keyword in the Search Phrase box and click Search.

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How can I find bills from previous sessions? For example, the forty-fifth legislature?

The site is "session" driven. You must change the session to view bills from a previous session.
  1. Click the Change Session link and select a session.
  2. There are three ways to locate bills:
  • Type the bill number in the Bill# Search box and click Search.
  • Click the Bills link, select a range of bills and click on the bill of interest.
  • Click the Full Text Searching link located at the top right hand corner of the window, enter a keyword(s) and click Search. Select a bill in the result list.

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How can I be notified when a bill will take action on the floor?

Click the ALIS Tracking link located just below the ALIS Online logo and create an account. For more information on this program, see the Alis Tracking Online Manual. Note: At this time, Macintosh computers are not supported by this feature.

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What do the committee action abbreviations mean when viewing the status overview of a bill?

Click one of the committee actions links from the Bill OverView HTML link. (See links below)

HB2004
SPONSORS: GRAY L P
TITLE: schools aggregate expenditure limitation; report
(NOW: reporting; expenditure limitations; schools)
HOUSE FIRST READ: 01/13/03
COMMITTEES: ASSIGNED COMMITTEES ACTION
Vote Detail 01/13/03 ED 01/29/03 (11-1-0-0-0) DPA/SE
Vote Detail 01/13/03 WM 02/04/03 (12-0-0-0-0) DPA/SE
Vote Detail 01/13/03 RULES 02/12/03 (12-0-0-0-0) C&P
SECOND READ: 01/14/03
You can also click the Committee Actions Abbreviations link located on the ALIS Online homepage under The Legislative Process listing.

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What does "strike everything" mean and where can I find a list of all the strike everything amendments to bills?

A “strike everything after the enacting clause” amendment (also referred to as a “strike everything” amendment or simply a “striker”) proposes to delete the entire text of the existing bill and substitute new language, essentially making it a completely different bill, possibly on an entirely different subject. These amendments are sometimes used to allow legislators to circumvent the deadlines on introduction of new legislation, deal with an issue that arises after the deadline or revive a bill that has previously been defeated.

Click the Strike Everything Bills link located on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.

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Where can I find the bills that have been transmitted to the Governor, transmitted to the Secretary of State, bills the Governor has has vetoed and signed, as well as bills that have been chaptered?

  1. Position your mouse over the Bills link located on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.
  2. Click Final Disposition
    OR
  3. Click the Bills link located on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.
  4. Click Final Disposition located at the top of the page.

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Where can I get a list of the general effective dates for current and past legislation?

Click the General Effective Dates link located on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.

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What are bill summaries?

Under the direction of the Arizona Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives, the summaries are prepared by research staff which includes summaries of all legislation signed into law during the regular legislative session and any special sessions that have occurred since the publication of the previous year's Legislative Summary.

The Summary is not intended to be an exhaustive analysis of each bill, but rather an overview that will provide the reader with the main purpose of the bill. Additional information and details about the legislation can be obtained from bill summaries (Senate Fact Sheets and House Abstracts) prepared by the Senate and House Research Staff or the chaptered bill itself.

*Bill Summaries are located under the Bills link from the ALIS Online homepage.

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Where do I find the House and Senate Live Proceedings?

Click the Live Proceedings links under the Senate and House information listings from the ALIS Online homepage.

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How can I find out the who the members are of a particular committee?

  1. Click the Standing Committees link on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.
  2. Click the committee name under the appropriate body (House or Senate).

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How do I find out what day the committees are scheduled to meet?

Click the links for Comittee Schedule by Day and Committee Meeting Schedule under Senate Information and House Information listings from the ALIS Online homepage.

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Where do I find the committee agendas?

  1. Position the mouse over the Committee Agendas link located on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.
  2. Click the agenda link for the appropriate body (House, Senate, JLBC).

You can also click the Committee Agendas link located on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage. Click the agenda link for the appropriate body (House, Senate, JLBC) located at the top of the page.

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Where do I find the minutes of a committee meeting?

  1. Click the Standing Committees link on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.
  2. Click the committee name under the appropriate body (House or Senate).
  3. The minutes are located just past the committee members.

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How do I sign up to speak on a bill in committee?

Click the Request To Speak link located on the blue naviation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage. For information on how to use this program, refer to the Request To Speak online manual.

The Request To Speak in Committee system replaces sign in slips used by those wishing to testify in Senate committees. Committee chairpersons will have electronic access to listings of everyone signed up to speak and will know in advance who is for or against a particular bill.

To use this application, you must have registered with a user name and password at any one of the kiosks positioned outside the committee rooms on the 1st floor of the Arizona Senate (1700 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007).

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Is there a way to check and see if a bill I am interested in has been posted to a committee agenda?

Click the link ALIS Tracking located just below the ALIS Online logo and create an account. For more information on this program, see the Alis Tracking Online Manual. Note: At this time, Macintosh computers are not supported by this feature.

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Is there a complete listing of all interim committees?

From the ALIS Online homepage, click the Interim Committees link located on the blue navigation bar and scroll down to the interim committee listing OR position your mouse over the Interim Committees link and choose Listing from the pull-out window.

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Where do I find the interim committee agendas?

From the ALIS Online homepage, click the Interim Committees link located on the blue navigation bar OR position your mouse over the Interim Committees link and choose Agendas from the pull-out window.

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Where do I find the interim committee minutes?

From the ALIS Online homepage, click the Interim Committees link located on the blue navigation bar and scroll down to the interim committee minutes listing OR position your mouse over the Interim Committees link and choose Minutes from the pull-out window.

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How can I check to see which members have been assigned to an interim committee?

  1. From the ALIS Online homepage, click the Interim Committees link located on the blue navigation bar and click the Listing link located at the top of the page OR position your mouse over the Interim Committees link and choose Listing from the pull-out window.
  2. Select the committee link to view the members as well as committee information.

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How can I view interim committee listings, agendas and minutes from previous sessions?

  1. Make sure the correct session is selected. Click the Change Session button and select a session.
  2. Click the Interim Committee link located on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.

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Is there a way to find out what action took place on a floor calendar?

Click the Posting Sheets link on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage and select a posting sheet.

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When are Arizona Revised Statutes updated?

The statute updates are usually completed in early fall. For more information contact Legislative Council at 542-4236.

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How can I purchase an ARS CD?

For information on content and purchasing an ARS CD, click here.

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How can I find out if a bill is amending a particular statute?

  1. Click the Bills link located on the blue navigation bar to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.
  2. Type your keyword in the Search Phrase box and click Search.

    3. OR
  3. Click the Full Text Searching link located at the top right hand corner of the ALIS Online homepage.
  4. Select the database "Session Laws For Currently Selected Session" or "Session Laws For Currently Selected Legislature".
  5. Type your search phrase in the search box and click Search.

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I don't have a statute number. How can I find a particular law on the website?

You can find a particular statute by using keyword(s).
  1. Click the Arizona Revised Statutes link located on the blue navigation to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.
  2. Check the box next to the database you want to search in and type the keyword in the Search Phrase box and click Search.

    3. OR
  3. Click the Full Text Searching link located at the top right hand corner of the ALIS Online homepage.
  4. Select the database "Entire Arizona Revised Statutes" and type your keyword in the Search Phrase box and click Search.

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How can I perform a search within the constitution?

  1. Click the Arizona Constitution link located on the blue navigation to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.
  2. Type the keyword in the Search Phrase box and click Search.

    3. OR
  3. Click the Full Text Searching link located at the top right hand corner of the ALIS Online homepage.
  4. Select the database "Entire Arizona Constitution" and type your keyword in the Search Phrase box and click Search.

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How can I search within session laws?

  1. Click the Session Laws link located on the blue navigation to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.
  2. Type the keyword in the Search Phrase box and click Search.

    3. OR
  3. Click the Full Text Searching link located at the top right hand corner of the ALIS Online homepage.
  4. Select the database "Session Laws For Currently Selected Session" or "Session Laws For Currently Selected Legislature".
  5. Type your keyword in the Search Phrase box and click Search.

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How can I tell when a session law (Chaptered Bill) becomes effective?

The general effective date for bills is 91 days after session is over. It is unpredictable in determining the date for session to end. Although the rules allow for a 100 day session, there are provisions for extending it. For information on general effective dates, click the General Effective Dates link located on the blue navigation to the left of the ALIS Online homepage.

However, if a bill contains an Emergency clause or Requirements For Enactment (RFE or RFEIR) clause, it becomes effective immediately upon signature of the Governor. General Effective Dates and Delayed Effective Dates can also determine a bill's effective date.

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I forgot my password. Who do I contact?

E-mail the AlisTrack Webmaster for password and any other information on the program.

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How do I set up the program to alert me when a bill has been posted to a floor calendar or committee agenda?

Create an account and add bills to a personal progress list. For information on this program, see the Alis Tracking Online Manual. Note: At this time, Macintosh computers are not supported by this feature.

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How do I update my personal information?

E-mail the AlisTrack Webmaster for updating personal information.

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Why can't I create an account from home?

The Request To Speak in Committee system replaces sign in slips used by those wishing to testify in Senate committees. Committee chairpersons will have electronic access to listings of everyone signed up to speak and will know in advance who is for or against a particular bill.

To use this application, you must have registered for a user name and password at any one of the kiosks positioned outside the committee rooms on the 1st floor of the Arizona Senate (1700 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007).

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I forgot my password. Who do I contact?

If you are at the Senate, contact the Senate Pages or the Majority Staff office. If you are using the Internet, e-mail the RTS Webmaster for password information.

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How do I update my personal information?

If you are at the Senate, logon to your account and click the Edit button to edit your personal information. If you are online, e-mail the RTS Webmaster.

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How do I remove a comment for a bill online?

  1. Log in to your account and click the Review Requests link.
  2. Select a bill and choose Delete Request.
For more information on this program, refer to the Request To Speak Online Manual.

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When does session begin?

Pursuant to statute section 44-1101, the legislature shall assemble at the seat of government at twelve o'clock noon on the second Monday of January each year.

41-1101. Time of assembly; organization; oaths

A. The legislature shall assemble at the seat of government at twelve o'clock noon on the second Monday of January each year.

B. At the hour of assemblage of the first regular session next after the general election the member of the senate holding seniority in age shall take the chair, call the senate to order, appoint a temporary secretary, and direct the secretary to call the list of senators from the several counties, who shall present their certificates of election and take the oath of office. The senate may thereupon, if a quorum is present, proceed to elect its officers. The house of representatives shall likewise proceed with its organization. The oath taken by the members shall be entered upon the journals of the respective houses.

C. The presiding officer of each house may administer the oath of office to members, officers and employees of the respective houses.

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I'm not familiar with the legislative process. Are there any resources on your website?

Click any of the links listed under The Legislative Process listing on the ALIS Online homepage.

Arizona Legislative Bill Drafting Manual
Arizona Legislative Manual
From Idea.. To Bill.. To Law
How A Bill Becomes Law

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Where do I find budget information on the website?

You can find budget information on the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) website which is located in the Legislative Agencies listings on the ALIS Online homepage.

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When I print from the website, part of the document is cut off on the right side.

Change the margins in page setup to 0.25. On most documents, click the Printer Friendly button located at the top of the page.

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When I click on a link, it tells me that I am leaving the ALIS Online Website but then I end up returning to the homepage.

If you have a popup blocker installed, make sure you allow popups on our site, as many of our pages open in a separeate window.

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What happened to the Gas Tax Rebate bill (HB 2781)?

HB 2781, temporary gas tax rebate, was not enacted into law.

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